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Family & Consumer Sciences Education LogoAdult Roles & Financial Literacy
This course (1.0) prepares students to understand the nature, function, and significance of individual and family relationships integrated with general financial literacy. Topics include: decision-making to set and implement financial goals, values, communication skills, self-awareness, families, sources of income and the relationship between income and career preparation, crisis management, marriage preparation, marriage, money management, saving, investing, parenting and retirement planning. Students who complete the entire course fulfill the General Financial Literacy graduation requirement. FCCLA may be an integral part of the course.

GENERAL INFORMATION

COURSE STATE STANDARDS
Adult Roles and Financial Literacy Standards
Adult Roles and Financial Literacy Standards Common Core Grid
SCOPE AND SEQUENCE/COURSE DISCLOSURE
ARFL Scope and Sequence Block
ARFL Scope and Sequence Regular
ARFL Scope and Sequence Semester 1
ARFL Scope and Sequence Semester 2

STANDARD 1
Students will participate in activities that help increase their self-awareness, values and will use a rational decision-making process to set and implement personal and financial plans and goals.

STANDARD 1 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES

Objective 1: How self-concept and self-esteem are built and preserved.
Body Image, 320 Pound Woman from Holland
Building Self-Esteem
Here Is a Great Life Skill
Motivational Video
Self Concept
Ultimate Gift
Ultimate Gift Worksheet
Uniqueness/Self Esteem
Video Ideas for Adult Roles

Objective 2: How values impact interpersonal relationships and financial decisions.
Instructions and Questions, Etc.
Murder Mystery Explained
Murder Mystery Presentation
Values Essay
Values Performance Objective
Values Resource

Objective 3: Classify short- and long-term goals and the steps needed to achieve them.
Goals and Decision Making
Goals Lesson Video Clip Links
Instructions and Questions, Etc.
Motivational Video
Murder Mystery Explained
Murder Mystery Presentation

Objective 4: Describe the decision-making process, including acceptance of personal responsibility for the consequences of the decision.
6 Important Decisions You'll Make in High School
Decision Making 1
Decision Making 2
Decision Making 3
Decision Making Case Studies
Decision Making Note Sheet
Decision Making: Ode to the Zode
Goals and Decision Making

STANDARD 1 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 1 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 2
Students will understand sources of income and the relationship between income and career preparation to reach financial goals.

STANDARD 2 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
Objective 1: Identify various forms of income and analyze factors that affect income.
Online Insurance Quotes
Sources of Income and the Relationship

Objective 2: Analyze criteria for selecting a career and the impact of career choices on income.
ARFL Job Interview
Can Poor Spelling Derail a Career?
Career
Career and Income Unit
BLS Career Information
Career Planning Resource
Career Unit
Dress for Success
Economic Times Cartoon (Calvin and Hobbes)
Job First Impressions
Jobs and Careers
Safety at Work Awards
Sources of Income and the Relationship
Table Etiquette
Tech Support Joke
Understanding Your Income
Utah Education Job Website

Objective 3: Identify and understand required income withholdings.
Cookie Monster Tax Signs
Introduction to Paychecks and Taxes
Tax Simulation
Understanding Your Income

STANDARD 2 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 2 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 3
Identify consumer rights and responsibilities and identify effective practices for purchasing consumer goods and services.

STANDARD 3 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
Objective 1: Describe the role of planning and maintaining a balanced budget.
Budget Video Clips
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Finance Video Clips
Oprah’s Debt Diet
Personal Finance Income

Objective 2: Describe the rights and responsibilities of buyers and sellers under consumer protection laws.
Advertising Videos
Brand Power
Consumer Fraud
Consumer Lab
Identity Theft
New Logos for Current Bad Economic Times

STANDARD 3 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 3 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 4
Students will identify effective communication in interpersonal relationships and ways to develop meaningful relationships in the family unit.

STANDARD 4 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
Objective 1: Identify various types of communication styles.
Adult Roles and Responsibilities Ideas
Communication in Boys and Girls
Communication Movie Clip Ideas
Communication Video Suggestions
Water Closet Story

Objective 2: Identify positive and negative nonverbal communication.
Communication Movie Clip Ideas

Objective 3: Develop positive assertion skills to be used in conflict resolution.
Assertive Conflict Resolution

STANDARD 4 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 4 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 5
Students will list the functions and purposes of responsible dating.

STANDARD 5 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
Objective 1: Identify and discuss the purposes and costs of dating.
100 Cheap Dates
Application for Permission to Date My Daughter
Creative Dates
Creative Dating
Date Ideas
Date Questions
Love Language Quiz Girls
Love Language Quiz Guys
Love Language Test
Love Language Test Results
The Notebook Study Guide
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day Activities
Valentine’s Day Crossword
What Love Means to a 4-8 Year Olds
Worst First Date Story

Objective 2: List dating behaviors that support personal values and identify the personal responsibilities associated with dating.
Dating Violence

Objective 3: Identify the dangers of physical intimacy during dating.
I Am Not Hurting Anyone Story
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Spreading STDs
Teen Pregnancy Results

Objective 4: Define domestic violence, abuse, and various sexual violations including sexual harassment.
No One Will Tell You Worksheet
Rape

STANDARD 5 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 5 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 6
Students will identify the aspects and importance of marriage preparation and identify behaviors and financial decisions and practices that strengthen marital and family relationships.

STANDARD 6 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
Objective 1: Analyze the importance and process of mate selection.
Runaway Bride Video Guide

Objective 2: Identify the purposes of the engagement period.
Adult Roles and Responsibilities Ideas
Wedding Cakes in Kuwait
What Does a Wedding Cost

Objective 3: Define marital roles and related issues.
Adult Roles and Responsibilities Great Link
Male or Female Story
Put Another Log on the Fire
The Good Wife’s Guide, 1955
UtahMarriage.org

Objective 4: Identify common adjustments and methods of conflict resolution as related to marriage.
Put Another Log on the Fire
Successful In-Law Relationships
UtahMarriage.org

Objective 5: Identify positive characteristics and behaviors of strong marriage relationships.
Great Link for Information about Marriage
Strong Marriage: George and Laura Bush
UtahMarriage.org

Objective 6: Identify marriage and family financial goals and developing budget strategies.

STANDARD 6 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 6 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 7
Students will practice family financial planning as it pertains to taxes, saving, and investing.

STANDARD 7 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES

Objective 1: Services and payment options available from financial institutions.
ARFL Checking Simulation Update
Comparing Financial Institutions
FEFE Checking Simulation
FEFE Guardian Angel Bank Statements 1
FEFE Guardian Angel Bank Statements 2
FEFE Guardian Angel Bank Statements 3
Financial Institution Comparison Newsletter Assignment
Financial Institutions
Introduction Idea for Credit or Savings Unit
Pay Attention to Paying With Debit/Credit Cards
Savings Assignment
Student Aid Perkins Loans
The Bean Game

Objective 2: Credit uses and costs.
Mortgage Vocabulary
Pay Attention to Paying With Debit/Credit Cards

Objective 3: Impact of credit on money management.
Bankruptcy Images
Credit Scoring for Students
Loan Amortization Excel Spreadsheet Information

Objective 4: Value of saving in the financial planning process.
Savings Assignment

Objective 5: Value of investing and types of investments in the financial planning process.
Personal Finance Income
Stock Market Game Ideas
What Does One Trillion Dollars Look Like

Objective 6: Compare savings and investments.
Stock Market Game Ideas

Objective 7: Purposes estate planning and risk management.
Stock Market Game Ideas

Objective 8: Financial preparation for retirement.
Retirement History

STANDARD 7 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 7 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 8
Students will describe effective financial management strategies in support of effective ways to develop meaningful relations in home and family life.

STANDARD 8 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
Objective 1: Positive characteristics that affect family relationships.
Adult Roles and Responsibilities Ideas
Christmas 2006 in the Romney Household
Family Life Cycles Family Forms
Family Tree
My Sister’s Keeper
Sense of a Goose Analogy
Strengthening Families
The Changing Family
Video Ideas for Adult Roles
Yours, Mine and Ours
Yours, Mine and Ours Video
Yours, Mine and Ours Video Notes

Objective 2: Purposes of homeowner and auto insurance.

Objective 3: Effects of divorce and coping strategies.
Divorce
Great Link for Information About Marriage
Marriage and Divorce Statistics in Utah
Marriage Press Release
The Changing Family

Objective 4: Steps of the grieving process and how to develop a positive adjustment to loss.
Death and Grieving
Death Notes by Mrs. Carey
The Changing Family

STANDARD 8 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 8 WEB RESOURCES

STANDARD 9
Students will identify the various skills and responsibilities of parenting.

STANDARD 9 LESSON IDEAS & RESOURCES
Objective 1: Evaluate personal readiness for parenting roles and responsibilities.
Baby Price is Right
Poem to Mom

Objective 2: Explain the human reproductive process, infertility, pregnancy, and steps that lead to a healthy lifestyle.

Objective 3: Explain the birth process and needs of a newborn.

Objective 4: Identify signs and types of child abuse and prevention strategies.

Objective 5: Identify parenting styles, including positive guidance techniques that help children develop positive self-concepts, self-management, and responsibility.
Poem to Mom

STANDARD 9 TESTS OR QUIZZES
STANDARD 9 WEB RESOURCES

ADDITIONAL GENERAL INFORMATION

ENTIRE COURSE TESTS OR QUIZZES
Adult Roles and Responsibilities 1st Semester Review
Adult Roles and Responsibilities 1st Semester Test
Adult Roles and Responsibilities State Test Review
Adult Roles Semester 1 Final
Adult Roles State Practice Test
Adult Roles State Test Review Bingo Terms
Finance Unit Test
Financial Literacy Test
Personal Finance Semester Final
ENTIRE COURSE WEB/COURSE RESOURCES

Books for Reading Reports
Consent Form Alternate Assignment Ideas
Dibble Training for Connections: Relationships & Marriage
FEFE Newsletter and Links
Financial Games Website
Free Teaching Tolerance Resources
|High School Counselor Flyer for Adult Roles
How To Videos
MU Financial Tip of the Wee Resource
Oh the Places You'll Go
Zions Bank